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01-03-2009, 06:59 AM

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^ ur kidding me? ur tired of soilovers and are ready to cut stock springs? lmao thats a joke right ?lol

01-03-2009, 07:00 AM

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i know sum1 who cut there springs in a turbo talon and he ended up killing himself and sum1 else on the road cause the spring conked out on him rip

01-03-2009, 07:12 AM

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^ ur kidding me? ur tired of soilovers and are ready to cut stock springs? lmao thats a joke right ?lol

look at this face -----> -__- does it look like I'm kidding??

01-03-2009, 07:57 AM

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lmfaooooooooo "look at this face" lol

01-03-2009, 04:59 PM

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Why redo your whole suspension setup half butt....I hope you dont think im coming off like a douche in all of this but if your redoing your whole suspension struts, sways, bushings.....WHY CHEAP OUT? I dont see the point in sacrificing the quality in the springs if your going to redo your whole suspension

And as for my buddy who did it on his 1st gen then switched i dont know how he did it because i didnt want anything to do with it and told him i would not help him do such a project....Although i did help when he installed real lowering springs

because I'm really particular about suspension on all that cars I have had in the last 11 years of me driving. and with all the suspension I have worked on in my own cars family member and in my dads shop, I have found with city driving cutting a stock spring has giving me a smoother ride then after market springs on a few of those cars. . Any one that has done this as many time as I have will only add a few extra minutes to installs. ( I was taught my dad, uncles guy that have been working on cars since the 60's and have showed me how to do something that are now longer done just because people don't want to. or know how to do them. ) I have no problem doing my suspsion testing something out. if I don't like it I will take it apart and redo it. I'm the one my friends call when then need suspension work done to their car. everthing from BMW to Lexus to Honda. so for everyone that is saying i'm diong for doing I hope you are saying this cause you have done the work yourself and not just cause you read something online.

No, you are not particular about your suspension, you want to drop the car and keep a smooth ride, which is the absolute wrong way to do it. I explained this in my earlier post. You either want to lower the car, or ride smooth.. doing both absolutely kills any last shread of handling performance the car has.

. Its your car and you can do whatever you want with it... but I find it interesting for you to act like you are so particular and have so much experience, yet you would even consider doing this to the car. Most of us are not trying to bash you... but rather talk you out of a bad idea.

01-03-2009, 05:10 PM

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I've been thinking about doing this too! :D

I'm getting tired of my SS-P coilovers so I might just sell them and cut my stock springs...

i will personally come out to LA and kill you. hahaha

01-03-2009, 05:17 PM

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omg u can ask my neighbor with a civic the bounciest looking ride i have ever seen.. i say nay.. if ur gonna rice out ur suspension ur gonna blow ur shocks and struts.. just do it right with what springs cost u will save urself alot o headache in the future.. hell get some used ones off ppc if price is an issue or if ur gonna be super cheap u could get some pos drop zones or something lol just plz dont cut them..

not to mention the cost of the tires u go throgh after cutting them ur camber will be royaly fu cked

01-03-2009, 06:16 PM

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Camber wont eat your tires unless it is WAY out. For handling purposes I run -1.75 in front and -2.0 in back.. my tires wear just fine. Toe, on the other hand will destroy them if too far out. So while I would like to run crazier toe settings up front for autox, I dont since I daily drive it. He can align out the changes most likely, but the whole idea is still not a good one.

01-03-2009, 06:31 PM

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camber will kill ur tires in the front i have lots of proof

01-03-2009, 07:29 PM

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okay...so your question is...who has cut their springs? well so far nobody has posted because they are either ashamed to admit how stupid they were or...dead?

if your so set on doing it regardless of the stupidity and consequences, why post at all? what does it matter how many other people have done it?

also, are you cutting your stock springs or your generic ebay brand DZ springs? i'm confused which set your going to actually cut.

i just don't get why people are so cheap when it comes to lowering springs, i mean, at most they could cost $200 dollars, but most of them are way cheaper. you have so many to choose from.

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Why did you even bother starting this thread? Just do it if you're already so dead set on it. Stop trying to justify yourself because no one is going to agree with you

01-03-2009, 07:36 PM

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You can buy Tein H-tech springs for under $200.00......Inexpensive and a nice drop. If you wanna drop the car do it right.

01-03-2009, 09:18 PM

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camber will kill ur tires in the front i have lots of proof

Only if it is WAY out of spec, or in combination with toe that is out of whack.

Like I said, plenty of us.. and about 200 autox'rs that I know locally run the tC or other cars at -1.5 to -2 in the front with zero wear issues. More than that, and you start worrying about things a bit.. but at that or below, you will not have issues. It takes a lot of camber to kill your tires.

01-03-2009, 10:24 PM

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hmm neg 1.5 toe read out fine

look at how much life is left in the outter tread now look at the inner corrected with camber bolts now my tires are lasing nicley

01-03-2009, 10:31 PM

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gotdamn! lol!

01-03-2009, 10:33 PM

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do it!!!! do ittttttttt!!!!!cut them springs!!!!

01-03-2009, 11:04 PM

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well, whatever you do...
at least your in NJ so i dont have to worry about you crashing into me on the road.
GL with your negative performance mod.

01-04-2009, 12:21 AM

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everyone thanks for your reply s , ever the smart asses. I guess I should have know better then to post something that like this on this site. but I guess since most of you haven't done this before you just assume it can't and shouldn't be done.